Photos: Starlight Parade 2017 illuminates downtown Portland

Thousands of spectators packed 2.25-miles of Portland streets on Saturday night to watch The Rose Festival's Starlight Parade. The event featured illuminated floats, regional marching bands carrying LED covered instruments and people in a variety of elaborate twinkling costumes.

This year, the 40-plus-year-old downtown parade took a new route traveling from West Burnside Street to Southwest Taylor and 15th Avenue. The new course didn't appear to cause any confusion, ran fluid and stuck to its 8:30 to 11:00 p.m. schedule.

Elvis, one of Portland's most well-known street performers, was selected Grand Marshal for the event. Portland's Elvis, who has been performing on the city's streets for decades, will hold a karaoke performance at Dantes on Monday night.